FDA-Sc.96-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.96-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
Portrait Medallion of an Unidentified Man; possibly Demosthenes
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
3/4 profile sculpted relief portrait
Comments
Victorian photographs show this work and the similar portrait medallion with which it forms a pair, on display in the Head Master's Room, above each of the doors leading to Upper School. The room was described in 1886 as 'full of pictures of Athens and Rome'. [See: St Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks, Volume 14, 1886, pp.196-197]
Other number
FDA-A.107-2010
Description
Content (person)
Unknown (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 480mm
width (actual size): 330mm
width (actual size): 330mm
Material
plaster
Physical description
After the antique, on oval back. Unidentified sitter with beard and curly hair
Production
Date
19th century
History and association
Associated object
FDA-Sc.97-2020 (one of a pair)
